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Vehicle positioning by signaling line-of-sight (LOS) vehicle information

  • US 10,091,791 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2017
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

  • receiving, by a sensor of a first vehicle, sensor data indicating a line-of-sight (LOS) vehicle;

    receiving, by a wireless communication device of the first vehicle, one or more ranging signals from one or more other vehicles;

    identifying, by the first vehicle, a first ranging signal transmitted by the LOS vehicle from among the one or more ranging signals based on the sensor data and an identifier (ID) of the LOS vehicle;

    determining, by the first vehicle, a propagation time associated with the identified first ranging signal; and

    determining, by the first vehicle, a position of the LOS vehicle based on at least the sensor data, the propagation time associated with the first ranging signal, and the ID of the LOS vehicle.

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